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A Lesson in Trust

January 26, 2012

One day a woman came to ‘Abdu’l-Bahá with her sorrows. As she told her story,‘Abdu’l-Bahá tried to calm her and said, “Don’t be sad now, don’t be sad.” The Woman said, “My brother has been in prison for three years. He should not have been imprisoned because it was not his fault. He was weak and followed others. He will be in prison for four more years. My mother and father are full of sorrow all the time. My brother in law used to take care of us, but he has just d...

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Learning about Community #3

February 7th, 2011  |  by janna  |  published in community, teaching

After our fourth Brunch/Devotional, we started to think about doing a community service project. Just like we read in Ruhi Book 2, “Mr. Sanchez remarked that unity did not simply mean enjoying one another’s company but involved working together and building together.” We also wanted to work and build together.

Reflections on parenting: A Bahá’í perspective (Part 1)

February 2nd, 2011  |  by E. Talisman  |  published in parenting

The following is the first in a series of posts that I have dedicated to the subject of parenting. Your feedback is very welcome. As an ex-employee for a major bookstore, I am very aware of the hundreds and thousands of guides, workbooks, biographies, and related works discussing the many struggles and joys of parenthood. [...]

Learning about Community #2

January 26th, 2011  |  by janna  |  published in community, core activities, teaching

When my youngest daughter, Lua, was about 4 months old and I started to feel ready to emerge out of the cave I was living in, I decided to try and meet some of my neighbours with young ones with the intention to invite them to a Children’s Devotional. I met two wonderful souls with [...]

Learning about Community #1

January 17th, 2011  |  by janna  |  published in community, teaching

I was originally asked to give a “mom’s perceptive” to this blog, probably based on the fact that I have two toddlers (one of them is screaming as I type. Joy). I mulled over that for a bit, and pretty much concluded that the last thing I wanted to do on my time off was [...]

home-front pioneering from the inside: part 1

January 11th, 2011  |  by Leili  |  published in pioneer, teaching

My husband and I recently had the opportunity to move to Northern Canada, a remote town in the Northwest Territories. If you want to read some of our experiences in-depth, click here to access our blog. The Baha’is here have been wonderful to us and have helped us tremendously, from making us feel welcome to securing [...]


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